{"id":23965,"date":"2026-03-11T15:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/one-womans-frantic-thanksgiving-prayer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:19","slug":"one-womans-frantic-thanksgiving-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/one-womans-frantic-thanksgiving-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"One Woman’s Frantic Thanksgiving Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You doing anything special for Thanksgiving?\u201d If one more person asked me that, I was going to lose it. I just wanted the whole thing to be over with. Like most years.<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving had never been the happiest holiday for me. When I was little, it was fun seeing my cousins, aunts and uncles. Then my father left. Thanksgiving dinner<\/a> became subdued, less a celebration and more a reminder of how my family was splitting apart, not coming together.<\/p>\n

Now I was divorced. The past year had been such a downer for me. I\u2019d had to move to a smaller, cheaper apartment. Then my hours had been cut back at my bookstore job. I didn\u2019t feel like being around a lot of people, let alone pretending to be thankful for something. Not this year especially. I just wanted to stay home with my two cats and sleep in. Maybe I\u2019d watch a movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If only my well-meaning coworkers hadn\u2019t kept asking, \u201cLinda, what are your plans for Thanksgiving?\u201d At first I\u2019d been honest, but the looks of pity I got were too much. So I changed my reply to a casual, \u201cOh, I might have a few people over.\u201d That worked better. Nobody pursued it.<\/p>\n

Except my twentysomething coworker Jessica. She approached me as we were closing up the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. \u201cI know this is a lot to ask,\u201d she said shyly, \u201cbut my family lives out of town. Would you have room for one more?\u201d<\/p>\n

I started to grind my teeth. Jessica looked at me all doe-eyed. She was so<\/em> sweet and innocent. I couldn\u2019t crush her hopes. \u201cOf course, Jessica. I\u2019d love to have you join us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her face lit up. \u201cI\u2019ll bring my mom\u2019s famous creamed corn. How many people are coming?\u201d<\/p>\n

I blurted out a number at random and Jessica went off with a spring in her step. I felt like a woman on her way to the gallows. What was I going to do now, when it would be just the two of us with enough creamed corn to feed an army?<\/p>\n

As soon as I got home I called friends who lived too far away to bail me out. \u201cTell your coworker<\/a> the truth,\u201d one said. \u201cSay you\u2019re sick,\u201d another offered. \u201cPray\u201d was the third suggestion.<\/p>\n

My thoughts were too scrambled to come up with any prayer more coherent than People. Turkey. Chairs.<\/em> I muttered it, pacing my apartment. Even my cats, who were normally clamoring for dinner the minute I walked through the door, steered clear, alarmed.<\/p>\n

You got yourself into this fix,<\/em> I thought. Don\u2019t expect God to get you out of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

I fed the cats and rushed out to the grocery store. I threw a 20-pound turkey, a bag of sweet potatoes, an extra-large can of cranberry sauce and a couple of frozen pumpkin pies in my cart. For drinks I grabbed a few jugs of apple cider and I was done.<\/p>\n

The total at the checkout made me wince.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, you\u2019re feeding an army,\u201d the clerk said.<\/p>\n

Army? That\u2019s right! Weren\u2019t soldiers lonely on holidays? Not to mention hungry. I lugged my groceries home and called the USO. The man who answered sounded thrilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow cool of you!\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll post a notice about it on our bulletin board.\u201d<\/p>\n

My face warmed with shame. I wasn\u2019t doing this out of the goodness of my heart. I was doing it to avoid the humiliation of having Jessica be my only guest.<\/p>\n

Where else could I find hungry people who were far from home? A college! St. Mary\u2019s was nearby. Surely they had international students. I called.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s very kind of you,\u201d the coordinator of the international program said. \u201cI\u2019m sure some of our students would love to experience a true American Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n

I dug out my address book and phoned people I hadn\u2019t seen in years. \u201cLet\u2019s catch up over turkey,\u201d I said. I knocked on neighbors\u2019 doors and asked them to drop by. So what if I\u2019d only nodded to them in passing? Or if some of them didn\u2019t speak English?<\/p>\n

I even invited a man at work whom I\u2019d secretly nicknamed Gloomy Gus. \u201cI doubt I\u2019ll be able to come,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been having car trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo problem. I\u2019ll have someone pick you up,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

All too soon it was Thanksgiving morning. Except for Jessica, no one had actually confirmed they were coming. I couldn\u2019t waste time worrying about that, though. I had to get cooking. The only thing worse than having just Jessica and me and a 20-pound turkey was an apartment full of guests with nothing to feed them.<\/p>\n

The morning flew by in a blur of mixing, whipping, chopping, basting. And praying. People. Turkey. Chairs.<\/em> Wait\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. chairs! I had enough to seat eight. I\u2019d invited at least 30.<\/p>\n

I had only one option. I ran to the funeral home down the street and explained my predicament to the director. \u201cIs there any chance I could borrow some chairs? You\u2019re welcome to come for dinner, by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

He politely declined but let me take eight folding chairs.<\/p>\n

I brought them home and arranged them around the table. Moments later there was a knock on the door. It was Jessica, carrying a veritable vat of creamed corn.<\/p>\n

My old friend Judy was right behind her. \u201cI brought my new boyfriend,\u201d she said with a twinkle in her eye. I was about to give the man a hug hello when he said, \u201cThe turkey smells great, miss, but I\u2019m just the cabdriver. Gotta pick up my next fare.\u201d<\/p>\n

My Russian neighbor arrived and started yakking with Judy. There was no language barrier. All they needed to communicate were enthusiastic gestures and cell-phone photos of their pets.<\/p>\n

A Chinese student from St. Mary\u2019s College appeared. After him came a couple of soldiers in uniform. Even Gloomy Gus showed up.<\/p>\n

Fifteen guests in all. Everyone was talking, laughing, digging into the food with gusto. Including the cats, who got their own little plate of turkey. And Gloomy Gus, who announced that this was the second-best Thanksgiving dinner he\u2019d ever had, despite the lumps in my gravy. (He wouldn\u2019t reveal the best.)<\/p>\n

Thank you, God, for the people, the food and the chairs. Thank you, thank you, thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Out loud, I said to my guests, \u201cI\u2019m so grateful you could all be here today. You\u2019ve made this a very happy Thanksgiving.\u201d Then I winked at Gus and asked if he\u2019d be kind enough to pass the lumpy gravy.<\/p>\n

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